Oleksiy Sagitov is a Kiev based trombonist, musical arranger and educator. Though classically trained, he performs a variety of styles and genres such as jazz, klezmer, Balkan and other world music. With the Pushkin Klezmer Band, he has played at a number of major festivals and venues all over the Europe, and collaborated with musicians such Frank London and David Krakauer. As a longtime featured soloist and arranger of the State Kyiv Radio Big Band, Sayid has performed and recorded with Eric Marienthal, Curtis Fuller, Larry Willes, Walfredo Reyes Jr., Yoel Del Sol, Jamie Hovorka. Currently, Sayid is on faculty at Ukrainian National University of Art, where he teaches trombone and ensemble.